There’s a certain smugness among some Seattleites when someone mangles a word like “Sequim” (or “bruschetta” for that matter), or says “Pike’s Place Market.” It’s as if locals need to differentiate themselves from the constant stream of newbies and tourists coming into Seattle. So here’s a quiz on how well you know how to say […]
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The Beacon Food Forest is a labor of love. Volunteers have carved the public garden from two acres of Seattle Public Utilities-owned property adjacent to Jefferson Park, with plans in the future to add more tilled property for a total of 7 acres. Now that much of the fruit and veggies are ready for harvest, […]
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Faces & Figures is a regular feature of seattlepi.com’s Big Blog that aims to explore the culture of Western Washington through photos accompanied with a thought, musing or quote from the people we encounter. If you know an interesting person we should feature, let us know. Reed Miller lives in the shadow of postcard-perfect White […]
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You could lament Seattle’s recent restaurant closures, or you can try some of the many new restaurants that have opened in recent months. There’s Roman pizza, Texas bbq, Peruvian chicken, Korean dumplings, breakfast strombolis, and crispy pork lettuce boats. All sorts of yummy stuff. Here’s a guide: Here’s the Seattle restaurants on Bon Appetit’s list of […]
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Seattle might be in for a great show of the Northern Lights this Friday and Saturday nights, with the expected arrival of a strong solar flare that erupted Wednesday. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, happen when energy-charged particles from a solar storm collide with atoms in Earth’s high-altitude atmosphere. That collision produces the characteristic […]
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It’s always great when an unpretentious dive bar survives in a city swelling with condos and craft cocktails. Such is the case with the Streamline Tavern, a comfortable fixture in lower Queen Anne (uptown). Wedged between a RadioShack and a Spic’n Span on a not-exactly-sexy block, the Streamline has long had a devoted following of neighborhood […]
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What things need to be fixed in your neighborhood? This week we walked through Capitol Hill to take photos and make mention of the things that need fixing … and what we found were more things being fixed or in good condition than things needing to be fixed. Capitol Hill’s sidewalks, main streets and buildings […]
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Seattle is a gorgeous city. But every city has its share of hideousness, so we ripped off the beauty crown and asked seattlepi.com readers to nominate Seattle’s ugliest buildings. We added a few of our own ideas, sprinkled in the city’s most dismal parks and plazas, and you’ve got the slideshow above. For an antidote, […]
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